Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

CUBASE SX/SLThe mixer 10 – 211
2.Repeat this for all channels you want to hide.
3.Click the bottom “hide button” in the common panel.
This hides all channels set to “Can Hide”. To show them, click the button again.
Channel view sets
Channel view sets are saved configurations of the mixer windows, al-
lowing you to quickly switch between different layouts for the mixer. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Set up the mixer the way you wish to store it as a view set.
The following settings will be stored:
• Settings for...

CUBASE SX/SL10 – 212 The mixer
The audio channel strips
The mixer in normal mode (faders and input/output settings panel visible), showing 
(from left to right): the common panel, a VST Instrument channel, a stereo audio 
channel, an effect return channel and a group channel strip.
All audio related channel types (audio, input/output channels, group, 
effect return, VST Instrument or ReWire) basically have the same 
channel strip layout, with the following differences:
• Only audio track channels have an...

CUBASE SX/SLThe mixer 10 – 213
About the Insert/EQ/Send indicators and bypass buttons
The three indicator buttons in each audio channel strip have the fol-
lowing functionality:
•If an Insert or Send effect or EQ module is activated for a channel, the 
corresponding button is lit. 
The effect indicators will be blue, the EQ indicator will be green.
•By clicking these buttons when lit, the corresponding EQ or effects 
section will be bypassed.
Bypass is indicated by yellow buttons. Clicking the button...

CUBASE SX/SL10 – 214 The mixer
The MIDI channel strips
The MIDI channel strips allow you to control volume and pan in your 
MIDI instrument (provided that they are set up to receive the corre-
sponding MIDI messages). The settings here are also available in the 
Inspector for MIDI tracks.
Level fader 
(MIDI volume) Level (velocity) meter
Channel automa-
tion controlsPan control
Monitor and 
Record Enable 
buttons
MIDI output routing pop-up
MIDI input pop-up
Edit button
Mute and Solo
Bypass Inserts...

CUBASE SX/SLThe mixer 10 – 215
The common panel
The common panel appears to the left in the mixer windows and con-
tains settings for changing the look and behavior of the mixer, as well 
as global settings for all channels.
Global automation Read/Write buttons, 
see the “Automation” chapter.
Channel settings copy/paste, see page 235. Global Solo/Mute Off, 
see page 222.
These indicator buttons select what channel 
types are shown/hidden in the mixer.
Channel select pop-up
The View options buttons...

CUBASE SX/SL10 – 216 The mixer
The input & output channels
The busses you have set up in the VST Connections window are rep-
resented by input and output channels in the mixer. These are shown 
in separate “panes” (to the left and right of the regular channel strips, 
respectively), with their own dividers and horizontal scrollbars. The i/o 
channel strips are very similar to other audio channels and are identi-
cal for input and output channels (except that input channels don’t 
have Solo buttons).
• If...

CUBASE SX/SLThe mixer 10 – 217
•How to set up input and output busses is described in the chapter 
“VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses”.
•How to route audio channels to busses is described on page 239.
•The output channel section also contains the channel strip for the Au-
dition bus (Cubase SX only). This is the output bus used for audition-
ing, scrubbing, etc. The only settings here are a level fader and a mute 
button. For more about the Audition bus, see page 26.
Input gain (Cubase...

CUBASE SX/SL10 – 218 The mixer
Basic mixing procedures
Setting volume in the mixer
In the mixer, each channel strip has a fader for volume control. 
•For audio channels, the faders control the volume of the channels be-
fore they are routed directly or via a group channel to an output bus.
Each channel can in turn handle up to 6 speaker channels – see page 300.
•An output channel fader determines the master output level of all au-
dio channels routed to that output bus.
•MIDI channels handle fader volume...

CUBASE SX/SLThe mixer 10 – 219
About the level meters for audio channels
When playing back audio in Cubase SX/SL, the level meters in the 
mixer show the level of each audio channel.
•Directly below the level meter is a small level readout – this shows the 
highest registered peak level in the signal.
Click this to reset the peak levels.
•Peak levels can also be shown as static horizontal lines in the meter 
(there are options for how this is displayed – see page 237).
If the peak level of the audio goes...

CUBASE SX/SL10 – 220 The mixer
Adjusting Input Gain (Cubase SX only)
Each audio channel and input/output channel features an Input Gain 
control. This controls the gain for the incoming signal, before EQ and 
effects.
The Input Gain is not meant to be used as a volume control in the 
mixer. It can, however, be used to cut or boost the gain in various cir-
cumstances:
•To change the level of a signal before the effects section.
The level going into certain effects can change the way the signal is...